Metallic pad for horse-collars



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0. STAPLES.

METALLIC PAD FOR HORSE GOLLARS.

No. 256,172. Patented Apr. 11,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASA G. STAPLES, OF WEST BRANCH, IOWA.

METALLIC PAD FOR HORS E-COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,172, dated April 11, 1882.

Application filed September 30, 1880. Renewed March 6, 1882.

(ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASA G. STAPLES, of West Branch, in the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented certain Improvements in Metallic Pads for Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved metallic pad for horse-collars; and it consists in certain details of construction which will be hereinafter defined,and then specificallypointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a plan view of a hinge provided with a slide and set-screws for attaching one end of the pad to the collar. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hinge-hooks to which the opposite end of the pad fastens when the collar is in place on the animals neck. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pad. Fig. 4 is a cross section at the line a: as, Fig. 3.

A is the metallic pad, having the hinge-pivots B B attached thereto. G'is the hinge-leaf, riveted or otherwise fastened to the end E of the collar F; and D is a slide to hold the hinge in place on the hinge-pivot B by means of screws h h, and made adjustable by means of By this means the pad is easily detached from the collar to admit of a pad of different length being attached to suit any sized animal.

The slide D is provided with hookskk,which hooks catch over and hold firmly the hingepivots B of the pad A. The hinge-leaf G, Fig. 2, .is attached to the opposite end ofthe collar, and has the hooks l l attached to it, which hooks catch over and hold-the hinge-pivotsB when the collar is in place on the horses neck. The ends or shoulders (seen at H H) of the hinge-leaves are made slanting or tapering, as seen in the drawings, to permit the ends I I of the hinge-pivots B to draw down tightly into the bottom of the recesses, and thereby prevent all rattle or wear upon the parts in contact. The rib J is cast onto the metallic pad for the purpose of giving strength to a light pad. By this construction it will be readily seen that the upper end of the collar cannot be pressed nearer together than a given distance, governed by the length of the pad used, thereby keeping off all undue pressure from the sides of the animals neck.

The hinge-pivots B rest in the recess 0,

formed by means of the hinge-leaf O and slide D, and the hinge-pivots B rest in the recess 0, formed in the hinge-leaf G. A distinctive feature of this invention is the facility with which it may be placed on the animals neck and removed, the operation being as follows: The hinge-pivots B being held in the recess 0 of the hinge-leaf O, the collaris pressed up onto the animals neck, when the hinge-pivots B fall readily into the recess 0 of the hinge-leaf G, and the operation is complete.

When it is desired to remove the collar a slight pressure upward on the same and a downward pressure on the pad will relieve the hinge-pivots .B from the hooks llofihe hingeleaf G, and the collar drops from the animals neck at once. The hinge-leaves G and G are riveted or otherwise fastened to the upper end of the collar, and their upper edges are sloped to fit against the pad and held by the hingepivots. It will be readily seen that it is impossible for the lower edges of the hinge-leaves to be pressed inward, and by this means it effectually prevents all undue side pressure upon the animals neck.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. The hinge-leaf 0, attached to the collar,

in combination with the slide D and hinge-pivots B, attached to the pad, substantially as set forth. I 2. In combination with the hinge-pivots B, attached to the pad, the hinge-leaf U and the slide D, provided with the hooks k k, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the hinge-leafO and hinge-pivots B, attached to the pad, the slide D, provided with the slots i z and hooks k 70, substantially as set for.h.

4. In combination with the pad A, provided with the hinge-pivots B, the hinge-leaf G, provided with the recess 0 and books I l, for the purpose specified.

5. The pad A, provided with the rib J, and the hinge-pivots B B, cast as integral parts of the pad, substantially as set forth.

. ASA O. STAPLES. Witnesses:

J. W. MCELRAVY, GEO. O. SHIPMAN. 

